List of fictional characters on the autistic spectrum

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Fictional characters described by the authors as being on the autistic spectrum. This article is only intended to include fictional characters explicitly described as being autistic or Asperger's either in the work or otherwise by the work's author. It is not intended to include speculation.

1 Literature
2 Film
3 Television
4 Comics
5 See also
6 External link

[edit] Literature

Lou Arrendale and his associates from The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon [1].
Christopher John Francis Boone in the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon [2]
Dr. Kio Masada from C. S. Friedman's This Alien Shore is an autistic savant with a talent for computer science. The book also mentions his deceased wife, a musically gifted autistic savant, and includes Masada's musings on the nature of their relationship. Within the text, members of their culture refer to them as iru, but Friedman has confirmed that this term is meant to be analogous to autism.
Darryl McAllister from A Wizard Alone, part of Diane Duane's Young Wizards series. His autism gives him an unusual perspective of the world that in turn gives him unique abilities as a wizard.

[edit] Film

Raymond Babbitt from the film Rain Man [3] played by Dustin Hoffman [4].
Simon Lynch from the film Mercury Rising [5].
Cody from the film Bless the Child [6].
Ellen Ripley from the film Alien: Resurrection played by Sigourney Weaver. Described as "emotionally autistic" after her resurrection.
Linda Freeman from the film Snow Cake [7] played by Sigourney Weaver.
Eric Gibb from the film The Boy Who Could Fly.^{[citation needed]}
Kazan from the film Cube [8] played by Andrew Miller [9]. Kazan is autistic and appears to be an Autistic savant.
Donald Morton from the film Mozart and the Whale. Played by Josh Hartnett.
Isabelle Sorenson from the film Mozart and the Whale. Played by Radha Mitchell.

[edit] Television

Lily Montgomery (Jackson Montgomery's daughter) on the television show All My Children [10].
Laurence Burrell was an autistic teenager appearing as a one off character on A Touch of Frost [11]
Dr. Bob Melnikov on ReGenesis has Asperger's and discusses it in episodes 1, 11 [12], and 17.
On Law and Order: Criminal Intent, the episode "Probability"[13] features an insurance fraud expert named Wally Stevens (played by Mark Linn-Baker) who has Asperger's Syndrome and is eventually betrayed by his own tics and behaviors. The main character, Robert Goren, is also reported to be pseudo-Aspergers
On House in the episode "Lines in the Sand"[14] the team suspects that House may have low-level Asperger Syndrome in order to explain his unwavering protests at having the carpet in his office changed; however, Dr. Wilson later tells House that House "wishes" he had Asperger's syndrome so that he would have an excuse for his rudeness and dislike of people. The focus of this episode is an autistic child.
On CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Gil Grissom discusses the fact that he likely has Asperger's syndrome in the second-season episode Caged [15].
On Boston Legal, recurring character Jerry Espenson is diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome during a second-season plot arc that exposes the trait during his trial for assaulting Shirley Schmidt. The revelation is made during the episode "Helping Hands" and is referenced in later episodes.

[edit] Comics

Legion (Marvel Comics) [16]
The DC Comics supervillain Black Manta: According to Aquaman (4th series) #6, the boy who would become Black Manta was an autistic youth.
Johnny Do, in Psi-Force was a severely autistic young paranormal with pyrokinetic abilities. ^{[citation needed]}
The character Seth in the comic strip Clear Blue Water has been diagnosed with autism.
In the Marvel series Fantastic Four 1234 by Grant Morrison, the Invisible Woman conjectures that her husband, Mr. Fantastic, may have Asperger's Syndrome.